Improvement in rein-holders



J. E. BRYAN.

REIN-HOLDER.

No.183120. Patented ot.1o.1s7s.

- JAMES R OSGOOD & CC- BOSTCN 'UNITED 4STATES PATENT OFFICE..

. JAMES E. BRYAN, OF HUMBOLDT, KANSAS.

IMPROVEMENT IN REIN-HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. l 83,120, dated October10, 1876; application filed July 15, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JAMES E. BRYAN, ofHumboldt, inA the county of Allen and State of Kansas, have invented anew and valuable Improvement in Bein-Holder; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description of theconstruction and operation of the same, reference being had to theannexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to theletters and ligures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a central verticalsection, and Fig. 2 is a plan View thereof. Fig. 3 is a side view, andFig. 4 is a transverse vertical sectional view. Fig. 5 is a horizontalsectional view of the same.

This invention relates to reinholders; and it consists in the devicesand combinations hereinafter particularly described.

ln the annexed drawings, A designates a bed-plate, perforated at one endat a a, and slotted at one or both ends longitudinally at a c'. Thisbed-plate may be attached to the front of the dash-board, eithervertically or horizontally, and the slots a a. enable it to be adjustedeither way in the direction of its length Without removing the fasteningbolts or screws from that end. On the upper or outer face of plate A iscast, or otherwise rigidly secured, an oii'set or auxiliary plate, A1,which is recessed longitudinally at A2, as shown, to receive aclamping-arm, hereinafter described. On the rear of said offset orauxiliary plate A1 is rigidly secured a vertical back plate, B1, bent atright angles to itself, so as to form not only the back, but also thetop B2 of the casing B. To the under side of top plate 1?2 is securedone end of a ilat spring, C, which operates to force down (by its freeend) the forward part of the pivoted portion of said casing, whichconsists of the front B3, the sides B4 B, and the bottom B5, all ofwhich are cast in one piece, or otherwise rigidly connected.

The sides B4 B4 are provided with extensions below the bottom B5, whichinclose and protect the sides of odset or auxiliary bedplate A1. Theyare also connected in front by a cross-piece, b1, which sets intorecesses b2 in the forward end of top plate B2.

Back plate B1 is provided with a square perforation, b3, which receivesa tenon, b4, on the rear end of bottom plate B5, and allows playthereto. The rear ends of side plates B4 B4 extend sufficiently toembrace the sides of the back plate B1, and are pivoted thereto by apivot-bolt, b5, which passes through all three of said plates, as alsothrough the tenon b4. Underneath bottom plate B5 is rigidly attached alongitudinal clamp-bar, G2, provided with a rigid fronttooth, G1. Tosaid bar and to front plate B3 is rigidly attached a handle, D. Therecess A2 in auxiliary bed-plate Al is deeper than suflces to receiveclamp-arm C2, and deep enough to receive tooth G1.

The operation is as follows: The clamp-arm C2, with the attached pivotedportion ot the casing B, is raised by means of handle D, so as to allowthe reins to be slipped in transversely. The handle then being released,the spring C operates to force the clamp-arm C2 tightly down upon saidreins, which are thereby forced into recess A2, and there securely held,while the tooth C1 prevents their lateral displacement.

Various slight moditications may be made without departing from thespirit of my invention. For instance, both ends of the bedplate may beprovided with perforations for attachment to wood, or both slotted, soas to receive straps for attachment to leather. Again, the pivoting maybe through lugs cast on or otherwise attached to the casing, or by meansoi' trunnions, or in any other known manner.

The bottom of the bed-plate may be made convex instead of flat, or maybe given any other configuration desired.

Both ends of the bed-plate should be provided with slots, so as to makethe device adaptable to attachment to either leather or wood.

The device as a whole may be employed not only as a rein-holder, butwherever it is desirable to clamp or tightly hold a line of any sort,or, indeed, any thin substance.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination of the recessed plate A1 with the hinged clamp C102,pivoted plates B3 B4, rigid plates B1 B2, and spring C, sub In testimonythat I claim the above I have stantially as described, and for thepurpose hereunto subscribed my name in the presence 1 set forth. of twoWitnesses. I 2. The combination of rigid back plate B1 JAS. E. BRYAN.

and top plate Bz with pivoted sides B", bot- Witnesses:

tom B5, and front B3, all constituting a. spring- JOHN F. AOKER, Jr., 1

protecting casing, substantially as set forth. GEQRGE E. UPHAM. x

